Friday, April 5, 2013

April 5, 2013 Valley of Fire, Nv

Leaving Las Vegas and going to Valley of Fire.

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Along North shore road near Bowl of Fire. Lake Mead from North Shore road.

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Heading into the Valley of Fire. Valley of Fire is an outcropping of red rocks in among gray rock hills and mountains. 36,000 acre park with 150 million year old frozen in place sand dunes now exposed to the elements and have been sculpted into weird gorges, domes and pinnacles and numerous geological oddities. Petrified wood.

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Valley of Fire. Rainbow vista.

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John on the Fire Canyon trail. View from Fire Canyon trail.

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View from Fire Canyon trail.  Arch.

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Purple rock layers, an arch and a cave

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Views from Fire Canyon trail.

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Arch, looking down into Fire Canyon.

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View from Fire Canyon trail. Nice tights!

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White domes area.

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The bus at the Atlatl campground. Clouds near sunset

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Valley of Fire on fire.

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Desert Iguana, humming bird, beaver tail prickly pear cactus, bush with red flowers, beetle, little brown bird, morman tea blossoms, cholla blossom

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evening primrose, tiny white flowers, white flower, vetch, tiny yellow flowers, evening primrose after it has bloomed, close up of a vetch, white flowers

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Mariposa lily, red flowers, cool rock holes, tracks in the sand, prickly pear, and prickly pear. Lots of prickly pears blooming.

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